Form i-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

www.uscis.gov/I-601

, and Form I-212, Application for Permission to 

Reapply for Admission into the United States After Deportation or Removal, at 

www.uscis.gov/I-212

.  Refugee and 

asylee applicants for adjustment of status should also see Form I-602, Application by Refugee for Waiver of Grounds 

of Excludability, at 

www.uscis.gov/I-602

.

13. 

Documentation Regarding J-1 or J-2 Exchange Visitor Status

If you previously held or currently hold J-1 (principal) or J-2 (dependent) nonimmigrant exchange visitor status, 

you must submit copies of all relevant Forms IAP-66 and/or Forms DS-2019, Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange 

Visitor (J-1) Status, ever issued to you (if available).  You must also submit copies of all available J-1 or J-2 

nonimmigrant visas issued to you, and copies of all available Form I-94 and passport pages with entry stamps 

showing your admission to the United States in J-1 or J-2 status.

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In addition, if your J status made you subject to the 2-year foreign residence requirement of INA section 212(e), you 

must submit documentation to show that you complied with the foreign residence requirement, have been granted a 

waiver of the requirement before filing Form I-485, or were issued a favorable waiver recommendation letter from 

DOS before filing Form I-485.  You can show you complied with the requirement by submitting evidence to prove 

you resided in the appropriate home country for at least two years since your exchange visitor program ended.  For 

information about waiver of the requirement, see the Instructions for Form I-612, Application for Waiver of the 

Foreign Residence Requirement.